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{{PhotoMissing}}'''William John Acton''' <ref>{{REFjournal |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-39445 |title=Acton, William John |last=Hall |first=Lesley A. |init=LA |publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2020-10-08 |DOI=10.1093/ref:odnb/39445 |accessdate=2022-07-04}}</ref> ({{LifeData|birth=1813|birthplace=Shillingstone|birthcountry=UK|death=1875|deathplace=London|deathcountry=UK}}) <ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=william+acton+death |title=william acton death |website=Google |accessdate=2022-07-04}}</ref> was a nineteenth century English physician and author from Dorset.
Acton was influenced by French physician [[Claude François Lallemand]], who recommended [[circumcision]] to prevent spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Acton quoted Lalemand in his own books.
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* [[United Kingdom]]
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* {{URLwikipedia|William_Acton_(doctor)|William Acton (doctor)|2022-07-03}}
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